Larry Ruppel

3D Senior Character Animator / CG Animation Supervisor / VFX

Character Animator / 19 yrs · Head of Character Animation / 18 yrs

New York City, NY / Available WorldWide

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Tv Series (2022)

Supervising Character Animator

Movie (2019)

CG Artist / VFX Animator

Feature Film (2017)

VFX Character Animator

Movie (2016)

3D Character Animator

TV Show (2016)

VFX Character Animator

Tv Series (2016)

VFX Animator

Tv Series (2015)

Character Animator

Tv Series (2015)

Lead Character Animator

Movie (2014)

VFX 3D Character Animator

Video Game (2012)

Sequence Supervisor / Lead Character Animator

TV Show (2012)

VFX Animator

Movie (2010)

Animator

Movie (2009)

Head of Character Animation

Movie (2007)

Traditional Animator

Dark Ride

Senior Character Animator

Supervising Character Animator

Movie

Key Character Animator / Lead Animator

About

A native of New York City and a graduate of Pratt Art Institute and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Film Division, Larry Ruppel has had the privilege over the course of his career to collaborate with numerous film, television, and multimedia studios, applying his professional skills in both traditional 2D and 3D / CG techniques to character animation worldwide.

Larry has worked with Disney Feature Animation USA/France, Warner Brothers USA, Jellyfish Pictures London, and with LuxAnimation Studios Benelux, where he was Head of Character Animation for the CG feature film BOB & BOBETTE: LES DIABLES DU TEXAS, based on the classic Willy Vandersteen Belgian comic book series.

Lately, he has been associated with The Molecule NYC, where he supervised character animation for the Netflix series UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT,
and with the studios Psyop NYC, Goodbye Kansas Stockholm, and Framestore NYC/London.

Award-winning films Larry has worked on include the CG short SUBA, a SIGGRAPH selected film directed by British illustrator Alastair Graham, and the 2D documentary feature CHICAGO 10, directed by Brett Morgen and showcased at Sundance for an opening night premiere.

In addition, he has been a regular guest lecturer at NYU’s Advanced Animation Program in NYC, and also an invited speaker at the GDC Conference in Lyon, France, and at the International Animated Film Festival in Annecy, France.

Work history

Senior Character Animator

The STUDIO NYC

Mar 2019 - Present

6 yrs 8 mos

New York, New York

Freelance Character Animation for various short film and commercial projects.
Independent Character Animation Professional

www.LarryAnimation.com

2006 - Present

19 yrs 11 mos

Peterborough

Currently Available for Character/VFX Animation Opportunities Worldwide.
Independent Animation Professional

www.LarryAnimation.com

Nov 1999 - Present

26 yrs

Currently Available for Character/VFX Animation Opportunities Worldwide.
Supervising Character Animator

Cyber Group Studios

Jul 2022 - Oct 2022

3 mos

France

Supervised character animation (motion-capture and keyframe) of Zombies and other characters, both living and dead, for several episodes of "The Walking Dead: Last Mile", in association with Skybound Entertainment and Facebook Meta.
Lead Character Animator

Moonbug Entertainment

Sep 2021 - Apr 2022

7 mos

Animated the iconic characters of the CoComelon family, along with several cartoon animals for integration as interactive visual effects for the theatrical stage-show spectacular "CoComelon LIVE! JJ's Journey",
currently touring around the country and worldwide.
Lead Character Animator

The Molecule

Nov 2018 - Nov 2018

1 mo

New York, New York

VFX Character Animation.
Character Animator

Framestore

Oct 2017 - Apr 2018

6 mos

New York, New York

Animated legendary gods, dueling wizards, and flying Chinese dragons in 3D for a gargantuan amusement park dark ride in China.
3D Character Animator

Framestore

2017 - 2018

1 yr

London

Animated legendary gods, dueling wizards, and flying Chinese dragons in 3D for the gargantuan cinematic dark ride "Pearl Quest", nominated for a 2019 VES award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project.
Character Animator

Goodbye Kansas

Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

3 mos

Stockholm

Animating courageous mice and dancing llamas.
3D Character Animator

The Molecule

2015 - Apr 2017

2 yrs 4 mos

New York, New York

Creating photo-realistic VFX creature/character animation for feature films and TV series,
including "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt", "A Walk Among the Tombstones", "Happyish",
"Money Monster", "Elementary", and a Conan O'Brien VR project for ComicCon 2016.
Storyboard Artist / Character Animator

Asteroid Media, Inc.

2016 - Nov 2016

11 mos

New York, New York

Storyboard Artist and Character Animator for the upcoming PBS documentary
on the subject of Medieval Spain, titled "The Ornament of the World" (2019).
3D Character Animator

eyeball

2014 - Nov 2014

11 mos

London

VFX Hero Character Animation for an upcoming epic short film for Hyundai.
3D Character Animator

The Molecule

2014 - 2014

1 mo

New York, New York

Created photo-realistic VFX character animation for the
current feature film "A Walk Among The Tombstones" (2014).
Supervisor / Lead Character Animator

Activision / Panda Panther

2012 - Nov 2013

1 yr 11 mos

Lead Supervising Character Animator for cinematic cut scenes
on Skylanders: Giants VG.
Character Animator

Blue Man Group

2012 - Nov 2011

1 mo

New York, New York

Character Animator for robots in live theatrical Blue Man stage performance
opening in Las Vegas - Fall 2012.
Character Animator

Mass Market

2011 - 2011

1 mo

New York, New York

Created animation of Red Stag character for Jim Beam commercial "The Chase".
Character Animator

Psyop

2010 - 2011

1 yr

New York, New York

Character Animator and Previz for AT&T "Whole New World"
3D stereoscopic spot.
Character Animator for UPS, Fanta, and numerous commercials.
Lead Supervisor / Head of Feature Animation

Luxanimation

2007 - Nov 2009

2 yrs 11 mos

Belgium/Luxembourg

Assembled and hired the Animation Team /
Supervised all Character Animation for the CG Feature Film entitled
"Bob and Bobette: Les Diables du Texas" (French)
"Suske en Wiske: De Texas Rakkers" (Flemish)
"Luke and Lucy: The Texas Rangers" (English),
released in cinemas throughout Europe 2009 - 2011.
Conference Speaker

Annecy Animation Festival (France)

Jun 2009 - Jun 2009

1 mo

Annecy

Participated in the Animated Features:Case Studies conference as Head of Animation
for "Bob & Bobette: The Texas Rangers".
Speaker

Lyon GDC

Dec 2007 - Dec 2007

1 mo

Lyon

Lectured on using Traditional Animation Principles in CG Character Animation
Character Animator

Mechanism Digital

2007 - 2007

1 mo

New York, New York

CG Character Animator for Spiderman 3 Campaign.
CG Supervising Animator

Jellyfish Pictures

Oct 2005 - 2007

1 yr 2 mos

Supervising animator for "SUBA", a musical CG short film.
"SUBA" showed with "X-Men 3" at the Odeon Cinema
in London, was showcased at SIGGRAPH 2006,
and has won First Prize for Animation at the IMAF Festival
in London.
Character Animator

Jellyfish Pictures

2005 - 2007

2 yrs
Character Animator / Designer

Asterisk Animation

2005 - 2007

2 yrs

New York, New York

Traditional Character Animator on numerous projects,
most notably the documentary feature film "Chicago 10".
Character Animator

Jellyfish Pictures

Nov 2004 - Nov 2006

2 yrs

London

Character & VFX Animation for short films and Television special.